Matt Holder is a life-long Raiders fan who has been writing about the team since 2017. He has been at Silver and Black Pride since 2021. He graduated from the Scouting Academy and worked in recruiting at the college level.
The Las Vegas Raiders made the first big splash in the quarterback market this offseason, trading with the Seattle Seahawks for Geno Smith.
This marks the third year in a row that the Raiders have gone the veteran quarterback route since moving on from Derek Carr. While Jimmy Garoppolo and Gardner Minshew quickly flamed out in Las Vegas, Smith brings something to the table that Garoppolo and Minshew didn’t: the deep ball.